LONDON: The Premier League announced on Tuesday that its summer transfer window will open on the midnight of Thursday, May 17.
The decision has been taken keeping in mind the FIFA rules which state that every league must have a minimum of one transfer window in a calendar year that lasts for 12 weeks.
This year, the window would close on August 9 rather than the traditional day of August 31 so that clubs have a settled squad once the league is back in action on August 11, Sky Sports reports. This was agreed upon in September 2017.
In a bid to preserve the overall time frame of deals getting completed, FIFA had told the Premier League to bring forward the opening date of the summer window.
